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Mandelkorn directs ‘Hänsel and Gretel’

Bainbridge Performing Arts will present “Hänsel and Gretel,” an opera by Engelbert Humperdinck, in this special collaboration with Bainbridge Dance Center in December.

BPA’s production will be directed and translated by Lisa Mandelkorn and presented with conductor Kim Allen Kluge, with musical direction by Victoria Whitlow.

Performances are planned for 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, and 3 p.m. Sundays, from Dec. 7 through Dec. 23.

In Mandelkorn’s distinctive new English translation, Hänsel is a woods-savvy Boy Scout-sort, and Gretel, who is perpetually practicing her ballet moves, leads the neighborhood children in a Macarena-style dance to open the show.

Mandelkorn, who comes to Bainbridge following a professional opera career in New York City, has performed the role of Gretel numerous times under the batons of Kim Allen Kluge and Anton Coppola. She is making her directorial debut on the island with BPA’s first production of “Hänsel and Gretel.”

Admission is $27 for adults, $22 for seniors, and $19 for youth, military, students and teachers. Tickets can be purchased online at www.bainbridgeperformingarts.org, by phone at 206-842-8569 or in person at BPA.

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